#3281A3#3281A3

#3281A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.092 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3281A3
RGB	rgb(50, 129, 163)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, -12.78, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 28.21, 243.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% -0.0591 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.092 230)
XYZ	xyz(15.7739, 19.0212, 37.4834)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3281A3 #A35432

analogous

#32A38D #3281A3 #3249A3

triadic

#3281A3 #A33281 #81A332

tetradic

#3281A3 #8D32A3 #A35432 #49A332

square

#3281A3 #8D32A3 #A35432 #49A332

split-complementary

#3281A3 #A33249 #A38D32

monochromatic

#153745 #245C74 #3281A3 #4BA2C8 #79BAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#3281A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#3281A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3281A3

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3281A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3281A3	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6074A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3281a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 129, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.092 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a5be',
    500: '#3281a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3281a3;
$custom-light: #78a5be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3281a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.053,
    "s": 53.052,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56966,
    "c": 0.09202,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.19023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3281A3

secondary

#BF8972

accent

#774BDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3281A3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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